To generate a suggestion for chat on GitHub.com, such as providing an answer to a question from your chat prompt, GitHub Copilot creates a contextual prompt by combining your prompt with additional context including previous prompts, the open pages on GitHub.com as well as retrieved context from your codebase or Bing search.

Apply Copilot's AI suggestions directly to your code using Inline chat, staying in the flow. Need help with refactoring a method, adding error handling, or explaining a complex algorithm - just launch Copilot in the editor!

Use Copilot Chat in your editor to give you code suggestions, explain code, generate unit tests, and suggest code fixes. You can use GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub to answer general questions about software development, or specific questions about the issues or code in a repository.

May 2, 2025 · An introduction to GitHub Copilot's three distinct modes and a practical guide for integrating them effectively into your workflow.

Find examples of prompts to use with GitHub Copilot Chat. Copilot Chat can help with generating unit tests for a function. Learn how to improve your code readability and maintainability. …

Use this cheat sheet to quickly reference the most common commands and options for using GitHub Copilot Chat.

Dec 18, 2024 · Elevate your coding skills with our redesigned Copilot Chat, now featuring a dedicated home on GitHub. Immersive chat experience at github.com/copilot: Copilot is now just one click away, offering a seamless and immersive chat directly on GitHub.

Feb 26, 2025 · You can use GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio to get coding information and support, such as syntax, programming concepts, context-specific code help, test cases, debugging, and more, without leaving the IDE.

Get started with AI-powered chat conversations with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, inline while you're coding, or in a separate Chat view.

Mar 24, 2025 · Learn about the fully integrated GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio. Use the chat interface to ask coding-related questions from right within the IDE.